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Early - Imperial Roman Glass Beads (images)
Click on the links to learn to visit the museum website. 250 BC through 99 AD. Early Roman Empire. 2 mosaic beads. Overall L: 2.1 cm....
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Jul 17, 20224 min read


Undated Roman Glass Beads (images)
Click the links for more Glasgow Hills, Roman British. Hexagonal-sectioned bead in marbled green-and-yellow glass. The surface is...
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Jul 11, 20227 min read


10th - 16th Century Textiles: Egypt (images)
Images from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Click the LInks to see more. 11th Century. Attributed to Egypt. Linen and silk; plain weave,...
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Jun 6, 20225 min read


Ceramics - Persia, Kashan - 12th-14th Centuries (Images)
The Metropolitan Musem Click the links to see more images. 13th Century. Kashan, Iran. Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque white glaze....
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May 16, 20228 min read


Ceramics - 12th-14th Century Persia (Images)
Metropolitan Museum of Art These are attributed to Iran, but not a specific city Click on the links to view more images 12th-early 13th...
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May 9, 20229 min read


12th-13th Century Syria: Ceramics (Images)
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art Click the links to go to the Met gallery and see more images of each piece. Late 12th to early 13th...
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May 2, 20223 min read


Islamic world: Archaeological Finds
A Note on Islamic Enameled Metalwork and Its Influence in the Latin West Buchtal, Hugo https://www.jstor.org/stable/4515635 Arabic...
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Apr 25, 20221 min read


Textiles: Medieval England
A Medieval Tablet Woven Braid From a Buckle Found at Felizstowe Crowfoot, Grace M pdf A reanalysis of fleece evolution studies ...
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Apr 11, 20223 min read


Central Asian: Textiles
A huge thank you to Lady Sechen Tatar-Un for sharing her research on Mongols with us. A Female Mongol Headdress in Old Uyghur Secular...
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Mar 28, 20222 min read


General Info: Poland
A Silesian Town and at he Hungarian Monarchy: Economic Contacts Between Wroclw and Hungary, ca 1250-1500 https://ww.taylorandfrancis.com/...
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Mar 26, 20222 min read


Archaeological Finds: Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain Metropolitan Museum of Art Book Archaeological...
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Mar 21, 20221 min read


Medieval Textiles: Al-Andalus
A Treasure from a Thirteenth-Century Spanish Tomb Shepherd, Dorothy https://www.jstor.org/stable/2515...
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Mar 14, 20221 min read


Medieval Native America: General Info
http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/ArcticArchStuff/dorset.html
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Feb 14, 20221 min read


Viking Sweden: Textiles
Burial textiles: Textile bits and pieces in central Sweden, AD 500–800 Malmius, Anita https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/re...
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Feb 7, 20221 min read


Viking Sweden: Archaeological Finds
A Viking Boat Grave with Amber Gaming Pieces Excavated at Skamby, Östergötland, Sweden ...
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Jan 31, 20221 min read


Croatia: Archaeological Finds
"A Contribution to Understanding the Textile Terminology in the Dalmatian Area between 2 century BC and century AD" ...
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Jan 17, 20221 min read


England: Archaeological Finds
An Archaeology of Britain, Fifth to Eleventh Century ad Carver, Martin https://doi.org/10.4324/9780...
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Jan 10, 20221 min read


Khazar: Archaeological Finds
A Catacomb of Khazar Times from the Dargavs Burial Site in North Ossetia https://doi.org/10.1080/10611959.2018.1513296 Dzattiaty,...
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Dec 23, 20211 min read


Islamic World: Textiles
Costume in the Middle East Stillman, Yedida K. and Nancy Micklewright http://www.jstor.org/stable/23060...
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Dec 20, 20212 min read


Metalwork: Persia & the Islamic world (Text Sources)
Artisans’ Signatures from Pre-Mongol Iranian Metalwork. An Epigraphic and Palaeographic Analysis ...
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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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